Posted by 3 Beer Effect on March 22, 2002, at 0:50:53
In reply to How do you know what meds are what schedules? » 3 Beer Effect, posted by Janelle on March 20, 2002, at 23:47:23
I recommend the Prentice Hall Nurse's Drug Guide 2002 since it is only about $25-$30 I think at Barnes & Noble bookstores or Amazon.com & seems to be the best of the array of Drug guides for Nurses or even Doctors. It includes the DEA schedule, onset of action, duration of action, 1/2 life, side effects (both frequent & infrequent), contraindications, & everything else you'd probably ever want to know in one small handy book. It has all the medications the PDR has in it listed in easy to find alphabetical order by the drug's generic name.
The PDR (Physicians Drug Reference) is a big huge book that is like $80-$90 & is really a pain to look things up in, & can be somewhat confusing/hard to read, but lists every US FDA approved prescription drug out there. Probably not worth your time unless you are fascinated by psychopharmacology or are a doctor.
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